Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Parastacidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater. Tropical
Oceania: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Introduced to Asia and North America.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Bláha, M., J. Patoka, P. Kozák and A. Kouba 2016 Unrecognized diversity in New Guinean crayfish species (Decapoda, Parastacidae): The evidence from molecular data. Integr. Zool. 11(2016):457-468. (Ref. 137793)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
| FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)Diet compositionFood consumptionPredators Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
